Combined letter sheet and envelope



D192 AU 2901 FX FIP: C5196 XR 0272552 (No Model.)

T. BREEN.

COMBINED LETTER SHEET AND ENVELOPE.

No. 272,852. Patented Feb.27, 1883.

WITNESSES UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS BREEN, OF KNOVVLTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

COMBINED LETTER SHEET AND ENVELOPE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 272,852, dated February27, 1883.

Application tiled April '20, 18852.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS BREEN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Knowlton', in the county of Chester and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inCombined Letter Sheet and Envelope,ofwhich thefollowing is aspecification, reference being had therein to the aceoinpanyingdrawings.

My invention relates to an improved combined letter sheet and envelope;and it consists in the manner of forming and folding the sheet, ashereinafter more fully shown and described.

In the drawings, Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4 are detail views, and Fig. 5 isa plan view.

A represents a sheet of letterpaper, having the pointed letter-head A,and clipped corners a a at the bottom of the sheet.

On the margin of the pointed letter-head A mucilnge m is provided forpasting it closely to the lapels I) I). It is also provided, at a pointintermediate between the dotted lines y yand z s, with a. line,.r .r,and en the reverse side of the sheet with lines v r and s s.

The line a r, Fig. 1, indicates the line where the letter should befirst folded, and when folded the clipped foot of the sheet is thenturned down on the line 5 s, as shown in Fig. 3. The line t 7) thenserves as a guide in folding the lapels of the letter.

The date and the residence of the writer may be conveniently written orprinted at the head of the sheet, and when the front of the sheet iswritten over the sheet may be turned over,- as shown in Fig. 2, and thatpart thereof above the fold may be written on.

In folding the sheet into an envelope it is (No modeLl folded at thelinear .v, and presents the appearance as shown in Fig. 2, and then thecorners 40 h h, Fig. 2, are folded to meet at the intersection of thelines o t and s s, and they form the lapels b b, as shown in Fig. 4. Thehead of the sheet is then lapped over and the stamp placed thereon, asshown in Fig.

\Vhen the stamp is made separate from the letter, and then affixedthereto, it is fastened on the outside of the point of the cover A andto the inner adjoining point of the letter, it. formed by the folds ofthe lapels, and thus afflxed it is impossible to open the letter withouttearing the stamp.

When preferable the postage-stamp may be printed on, as a part of thesheet of paper, by the Government, the projection a forming onehalf ofthe stamp, being continuous with and a partof the sheet of paper,one-half of the postage stamp in sealing the letter being pasted to thepoint of the iapels, which renders certain the destruction of the stampin opening the letter.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

The process of foldinga letter-sheet by folding first at the line w .r,then folding corners h h to meet at the intersection of lines 1' r and ss, and then folding the sheet at line s s, sub stantially as described,and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereofl affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS BREE).

Witnesses:

H. A. HALL, JAS. A. BAXTER.

